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Major Caveats Discovered in the Genetic Cell Ablation Model Used to Study Microglia Functions

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The authors wish to thank the support of the Graduate program of Molecular Genetics and Neuroscience Graduate Program at University of Cincinnati.

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Kierra Ware is supported by National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, T32ES07250. Alicia Bedolla is supported by National Institutes of Health, 1F31NS125930. Yu Luo is supported by National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, R01NS091213 and R01NS107365.

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    Kierra Ware, Elliot Wegman, Alicia Bedolla & Yu Luo

  2. Neuroscience Graduate Program, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA

    Alicia Bedolla & Yu Luo

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Kierra Ware and Elliot Wegman drafted the main manuscript text. Alicia Bedolla and Agnes Luo edited the main text. All authors reviewed the manuscript.

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Ware, K., Wegman, E., Bedolla, A. et al. Major Caveats Discovered in the Genetic Cell Ablation Model Used to Study Microglia Functions. Transl. Stroke Res. 14, 121–122 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12975-022-01029-0

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